Who are you?

Over the years I’ve had a  lot of opportunities to learn about different jobs and careers. Through all of this experience, I have ultimately been on a quest to find out what I do want to do.  This has led to many revelations. I have figured out a lot of things I do not want to do; these jobs include washing dishes, working in a fish plant, being a secretary, manual labour of any sort and so on….

I have yet to really figure out what exactly I do want to do, though through process of elimination the list of possible career choices seems to get shorter and shorter.

In the past few months I have heard the phrase “I want you to be more like so and so” a few too many times.  Good ol’ so and so is always just rocking a solid program. So and so is always happier, more popular, a better employee and ultimately smarter… At least in the eyes of the people telling me to be more like so and so.

So I think I have found my answer. The quest is over. I finally know what I want in a job.

I want a career where nobody tells me to be more like so and so. I want a job where being me is just fine and so and so can just fuck right off.

~ by M. Hennigar on June 21, 2009.